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joining mess is congressman john yarmouth from kentucky. as we listen to the wheeleders and they bring up the point that policy is shaped by such a small group of people, they're talking directly to you and your colleagues on capitol hill. what is your message to a family like the wheelers about what's taking place right now with this conversation? >> well, obviously my message to them is one of great sympathy and empathy, and respect, and i want them to continue to be a part of this drumbeat for action. as many of us has said, there's not going to be a legislative response unless there is this continued public outcry for action, and they're doing a great service to their country, as well as to the legacy of their children in stepping forward and being part of this. i think, as we saw on "the washington post" policy that was just today, almost unanimous support for some reasonable gun restrictions is pretty impressive. so i'm very hope up that we can use the -- this emotional and tragic episode to really make meaningful complex. >> as you k
joining mess is congressman john yarmouth from kentucky. as we listen to the wheeleders and they bring up the point that policy is shaped by such a small group of people, they're talking directly to you and your colleagues on capitol hill. what is your message to a family like the wheelers about what's taking place right now with this conversation? >> well, obviously my message to them is one of great sympathy and empathy, and respect, and i want them to continue to be a part of this...
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and republican strategist john fehrig. good to have you here. >> good morning. >> just listening to the mayor talk there really draws the, i guess, pulls the veil back on exactly what is being discussed here when it comes to common sense approaches to just even background checks and the from the right. how the president and the administration is shifting gears for organization for action. take a look. >> the president has the most exciting campaign apparatus ever built. it's time to turn that loose. >> right. >> it's time to turn that loose for something more than just an election. right? if the nra's got a list, then obama for america has a bigger list. >> all right. so jen, you know firsthand exactly what it looks like to be a part of that campaign operation. give us the insider details of how this is really going to work when it's not a campaign-style approach for re-election, but a campaign-style approach to get america to support gun control legislation. >> well, thomas, i think everybody in the obama orbit, people in
and republican strategist john fehrig. good to have you here. >> good morning. >> just listening to the mayor talk there really draws the, i guess, pulls the veil back on exactly what is being discussed here when it comes to common sense approaches to just even background checks and the from the right. how the president and the administration is shifting gears for organization for action. take a look. >> the president has the most exciting campaign apparatus ever built. it's...
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making sure that you don't allow evil to trump good. >> that was governor john hickenlooper, honoring the victims of last summer's theater shooting rampage, that theater will open friday. the newtown shooting in connecticut spurred nationwide outrage and with today being declared gun appreciation day. the president is taking his proposal on the road. campaign style. meanwhile the first gun law passed in new york this week. joining me now, one of the backers, state senate andrea stuart cousins, senator cousin can ins good to see you. >> good to be here. given the national outcry, what does this legislation, what does it mean to you and how does it compare proposals that that we saw from the president this week? >> i think it means a great deal. it says what the american people want us to say. it says that we heard that we can do common sense things and that is what we have done. clearly, the president has rolled out something that is exactly what we passed in new york. it's a ban on assault weapons, he is asking for, he is asking for a background check. certainly these are common sense
making sure that you don't allow evil to trump good. >> that was governor john hickenlooper, honoring the victims of last summer's theater shooting rampage, that theater will open friday. the newtown shooting in connecticut spurred nationwide outrage and with today being declared gun appreciation day. the president is taking his proposal on the road. campaign style. meanwhile the first gun law passed in new york this week. joining me now, one of the backers, state senate andrea stuart...
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it was about 50 years ago this year that president john f. kennedy said let us not seek the republican answer, let us not seek the democratic answer, let's seek the right answer. i think that still rings true 50 years later. >> do you think that the president should circumvent you and congress on any type of gun control legislation and go with an executive order, or would you prefer to be able to go through it and come up with the right answer, as you point out? >> well, i was very honored to have been selected by congressman mike thompson from california to serve on the congressional gun violence task force, and we mean to hold hearings starting today on the very question and we'll be looking into it and hearing from witnesses on all of those fronts, on all of the above methods of addressing the gun violence problem in this country. my preference, of course, would be to go through what we can accomplish in congress before the president resorts to executive measures. >> democratic congressman matt cartwright of pennsylvania, thanks so much. w
it was about 50 years ago this year that president john f. kennedy said let us not seek the republican answer, let us not seek the democratic answer, let's seek the right answer. i think that still rings true 50 years later. >> do you think that the president should circumvent you and congress on any type of gun control legislation and go with an executive order, or would you prefer to be able to go through it and come up with the right answer, as you point out? >> well, i was very...